LOL @ people using the downvote button as a disagree button, when I'm citing facts and stats. Aww - you have nothing to dispute my post beyond downvoting? So pathetic.

Thats the whiniest bitchiest thing you could have said. Boo hoo some internet strangers took away 3 of your imaginary internet points. So pathetic.

Do you know what got you downvoted?

Because blind trust in anyone is stupid as shit, especially when that person has made errors in the past

Are we just supposed to sit here and blindly agree with anything the guy does, when he has been responsible for bad trades and contracts in the past?

Those two comments are stupid as shit as arguing points. It makes you sound really ignorant. Like you really genuinely think you have more scouting reports and know more about player value than the general manager of the new york yankees? Come on. You think you can just throw out the most basic of pitching stats, then start acting like an asshole to everyone with a counterargument, and you're REALLY wondering why you got downvoted (to a WHOPPING -3 leddit points)? Did you really think you could convince anybody of your point with just ERA, WAR, and K/9 numbers? Really? They arent even close to the same type of pitcher dude. And you really insist on calling it blind faith when its a well known fact that brian cashman is one of the best GMs in the game. You talk about mistakes but really when is the last time he made a bad trade? I'll wait. At worst hes flipped penuts for guys who havent worked out. The yankees (and cashman) have been actively scouting Gerrit Cole for OVER 10 YEARS and you think they havent seen his fucking 2017 stats?

Even if you werent dead wrong you'd probably get downvoted anyway. Know why? Read your goddamn comments. The tone alone is reactionary and immature. You didnt really back up any of your claims, you just whined about how all our pitchers are trash and our gm is trash and then threw a fit when nobody bought your ridiculously weak argument.

The Yankees see torres as their starting 2B this year, hes worth more to us than he is to you. Its not just about player value, its about team needs. Its not unreasonable to ask for anyone, but a lot of his value to us is even if he doesnt break out as a star he is still our first option at second